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a 32-year-old father of four and a big u2 fan, adam bavel. he had a sign that said blind guitar player, bring me up. and he did. he was given a guitar. >>> landmark birthdays in the news. nancy reagan turned 90 today. she celebrated with lunch with family and friends. and 43 as turned 65. former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. all retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. ♪ [ male announcer ] what is the future of fuel? the debate is over. ♪ lexus hybrid drive technology is designed to optimize any fuel source on the planet. even those we don't use yet. because when you pursue perfection, you don't just engineer a future-proof hybrid system. you engineer amazing. ♪ with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles, enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief to the site of pain. it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. control your budget? yes. our "
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the first american to orbit the earth says we're making a big mistake. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, our lead story tonight is in the what will they think of next category, on it's >>> good evening, our lead story tonight is in the what will they think of next category, on it's deadly serious because it has to do with the latest ways terrorists are figuring out to bring down an aircraft. we talk a lot about airline security, what gets through, what doesn't. and this scenario, in the form of a warning from the feds, may be a nightmare scenario. explosives inside a passenger, surgically placed within the body of a living human being who is willing to give their life to the cause. it's a grisly business, but just the threat of it could change air travel. we want to get more from pete williams at national airport in d.c. pete, good evening. >> brian, officials stress tonight there's no indication of any plot under way to actually do this, but they say al qaeda operatives have tal
the first american to orbit the earth says we're making a big mistake. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, our lead story tonight is in the what will they think of next category, on it's >>> good evening, our lead story tonight is in the what will they think of next category, on it's deadly serious because it has to do with the latest ways terrorists are figuring out...
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a 32-year-old father of four and a big u2 fan, adam bevell. he had his lifetime wish fulf l fulfillfulfil fulfilled. bono spotted the sign that he was holding up, it read, blind guitar player, bring me up, and so he did. he has been blind since the age of 14. he left the stage with a gift of a guitar as pictures of the evening were quickly beamed around the world. >>> and briefly tonight, two big birthdays, landmark birthdays in the news. former first lady nancy reagan turns 90 today. she is celebrated with a lunch with friends and family in california. and 43 has turned 65. former president george w. bush has finally reached official retirement age. also retiring, the space shuttle. when we come back, are americans ready for the space program to end? one american is decidedly not. >>> finally tonight, while the weather forecast right now looks a little sketchy, the final space shuttle launch is scheduled for this coming friday. for now, though, the news is this -- in terms of the ability of the u.s. to send americans into space, this is the e
a 32-year-old father of four and a big u2 fan, adam bevell. he had his lifetime wish fulf l fulfillfulfil fulfilled. bono spotted the sign that he was holding up, it read, blind guitar player, bring me up, and so he did. he has been blind since the age of 14. he left the stage with a gift of a guitar as pictures of the evening were quickly beamed around the world. >>> and briefly tonight, two big birthdays, landmark birthdays in the news. former first lady nancy reagan turns 90 today....
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. >>> a once big brand name is no more. borders bookstore chain said today it will liquidate after failing to find a buyer. they're closing all 400 retail stores, all of borders nearly 11,000 employees will now lose their jobs. >>> and technology giant cisco systems announced it's eliminating 6,500 jobs, part of an efficiency move. that's in cisco's effort to cut $1 billion in annual costs to the company. >>> this was the last day in afghanistan for america's best-known general, david petraeus, who transferred command of u.s. and nato led troops to his replacement, general john allen. a west point graduate with a princeton phd, easily the most celebrated modern day general officer is leaving to run the cia as the u.s. prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new research on head injuries and dementia and alzheimer's and a group that the researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>>, and later, they may have come up short in the end, but the u.s. women's world cup team members
. >>> a once big brand name is no more. borders bookstore chain said today it will liquidate after failing to find a buyer. they're closing all 400 retail stores, all of borders nearly 11,000 employees will now lose their jobs. >>> and technology giant cisco systems announced it's eliminating 6,500 jobs, part of an efficiency move. that's in cisco's effort to cut $1 billion in annual costs to the company. >>> this was the last day in afghanistan for america's...
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and it's never been a very big deal. this year they're talking about actually changing our budget because we have to. if we don't make changes now, the markets are going to force us to in the coming years and that will be a much more painful way to make changes. what happens if we don't raise the debt limit? the first thing is that we have to pay all the interest that we owe to bondholders and that means there will be much, much less left over for social security payments every year, to reimburse for medicare services that have been rendered, to pay our soldiers who are in iraq and afghanistan. but that could send shivers through our credit markets, not just here but around the world as the u.s. has had a huge loss in confidence. that could end up with major concessions. so if you borrow from your credit cards to buy a dishwasher, a car, or send your kids to school, that's going to become much, much more expensive. at the same time, the government has all this borrowing on its books and it has to pay interest on it. thos
and it's never been a very big deal. this year they're talking about actually changing our budget because we have to. if we don't make changes now, the markets are going to force us to in the coming years and that will be a much more painful way to make changes. what happens if we don't raise the debt limit? the first thing is that we have to pay all the interest that we owe to bondholders and that means there will be much, much less left over for social security payments every year, to...
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. >>> closing court a big city has to turn people away because the money has run out. is this any way for courts in america to do business? >>> family ties. if you have the gene that raises your risk of alzheimer's disease, would you want to know about it? tonight the story of a family that had to make that decision. >>> making a difference for noble animals that deserve a better life. >>> and coming in for a very last time. >>> and coming in for a very last time. nightly news begins right now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. they tell us the scientific explanation is this. high pressure compressing the air, cooking the air and ramming it down on top of us and holding it there. but here's the real problem. there are now 34 states where there are heat advisories or heat warnings. one million square miles of our country where folks are being warned about the heat tonight. this heat, the severe heart of it, affects 141 million americans as it's moved over big population centers, we can see how it's gotten worse in time lapse in recent days.
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is coming and they have to solve the problem of the nation's debt limit, they have to go into some big ticket items like social security, medicare and taxes. it is progress with no guarantee but nothing else has worked so far. and we begin tonight at the white house with nbc's kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: president obama emerged after talks with congressional leaders saying both sides are deadlocked but are determined to make a deal very soon. lawmakers will work through the weekend and meet with the president again on sunday. the president and congressional leaders come together to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling. if a deal isn't hammered out by august 2, the -- president obama called the meeting very constructive, but admitted hard work remains. >> i want to emphasize that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to and the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. >> reporter: administration officials say the president is pushing for a big deal, somewhere in the ballpark of $4 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade, nearl
is coming and they have to solve the problem of the nation's debt limit, they have to go into some big ticket items like social security, medicare and taxes. it is progress with no guarantee but nothing else has worked so far. and we begin tonight at the white house with nbc's kristen welker. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: president obama emerged after talks with congressional leaders saying both sides are deadlocked but are determined to make a deal very soon. lawmakers will work...
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is it possible on big things like medicare, social security and taxes? there are rumblings out of washington tonight about actual cooperation. sentencing day for casey anthony. the judge in her murder case seemed to be sending her a message. >> and the huge scandal over people hacking into electronics and now the equally big consequences. >>> and could it really be the end? as harry potter's final chapter arrives or could there be more? >>> plus here tonight for all those who remember penmanship, there's a new sign the handwriting may be on the wall. there's a new sign the handwriting may be on the wall. "nightly news" begins now. r captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it may go all the way back to their meeting on the golf course, for whatever reason, president obama and speaker of the house boehner have forged something of a relationship, while not the best of friends, they are dealing with each other across the enormous divide that has divided washington to the point of paralysis. knowing a deadline is coming and they have t
is it possible on big things like medicare, social security and taxes? there are rumblings out of washington tonight about actual cooperation. sentencing day for casey anthony. the judge in her murder case seemed to be sending her a message. >> and the huge scandal over people hacking into electronics and now the equally big consequences. >>> and could it really be the end? as harry potter's final chapter arrives or could there be more? >>> plus here tonight for all...
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and paris island is these days the scene of a big first for the base and for the corps. tonight the 96-year-old facility has a new boss and she is making history as she has throughout her career as a marine, her story tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: with the summer heat now, the training is even more intense. as drill instructors mold young recruits into u.s. marines. the way they have done it for decades. the hard way. the marine corps recruit depot at paris island, south carolina produces 20,000 marines a year. inspecting the training is the new commanding general, lori reynolds. >> i was the guy on the bottom. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: brigadier general reynolds is the first woman to head paris island and says she is humbled to command the mar e recruits who volunteer during war-time. >> those are americans and we owe it to their families to take care of them. >> reporter: before coming here, general reynolds already made history in afghanistan, by serving there as the first female marine to become a lead commander in a battle zone. of the 200,000 marin
and paris island is these days the scene of a big first for the base and for the corps. tonight the 96-year-old facility has a new boss and she is making history as she has throughout her career as a marine, her story tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: with the summer heat now, the training is even more intense. as drill instructors mold young recruits into u.s. marines. the way they have done it for decades. the hard way. the marine corps recruit depot at paris island, south...
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the phone hacking scandal has already taken a big prize away from him. his company, news corporation, badly wanted to buy the big satellite network bskyb. today they dropped their bid. there's no telling where this case ends, but this is all new territory for this huge media figure and for great britain. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london again for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, news corps got beaten up all day today by british politicians both before and after they dropped out of the bid. one of their fiercest critics, former prime minister gordon brown, who accused murdock's papers of law breaking on what he calls an industrial scale. >> order! order! >> reporter: in parliament today politicians for once found something they could agree on. rupert murdock's news corporation, they said should drop its bid for british tv network bskyb. >> they've got to stop talking about mergers until they sort out the mess they created. >> reporter: but even before they voted, news corps, beat them to it. >> they have decide
the phone hacking scandal has already taken a big prize away from him. his company, news corporation, badly wanted to buy the big satellite network bskyb. today they dropped their bid. there's no telling where this case ends, but this is all new territory for this huge media figure and for great britain. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london again for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, news corps got beaten up all day today by british politicians both...
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how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear in court here in oslo on monday, and explain why he did it. and the lawyers said that the suspect will say that what he did was, quote, atrocious, but necessary. lester? >> martin fletcher in oslo tonight, thank you. norway hasn't known this kind of terror since world war ii. it's a place where gun violence is rare and bombings are virtually unheard of. now oslo takes its place in a long list of places forever scarred by large scale mass murder. tonight, michelle franzen with the survivors' stories. >> reporter: as the search for victims continues, a very different search is under way at the place where f
how strong is the right wing here, how big is this pool of people that could produce such a person? >> that pool of people i would say is very, very limited. what we see here is a rather extreme single instance rather than something representative. >> reporter: the maximum punishment in norway for any crime is 21 years in prison. if convicted, the 32-year-old suspect will be back on the streets when he's 53 years old. the suspect's lawyers said that the suspect is willing to appear...
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there were some of notoriety in the big leagues. for every jackie robinson, there are many more dinks. and patrick hawkins knows this. her dad worked quietly into his 80s after a long career in the negro leagues. he died in '02 and he got a gave -- grave marker last summer. >> it was beautiful. everybody had stories. >> on the ballfield they were good enough to be called "monarchs." ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ >> reporter: on these fields, finally they're good enough to be remembered for it! ron mott, nbc news, kansas city. >> what a great story to end on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> we begin with some developing news tonight from yosemite national park. we are getting new information from our sister sfags inan d s fresn and sacramento about the search and rescue efforts that are happening as we ntspeak. here's a look now
there were some of notoriety in the big leagues. for every jackie robinson, there are many more dinks. and patrick hawkins knows this. her dad worked quietly into his 80s after a long career in the negro leagues. he died in '02 and he got a gave -- grave marker last summer. >> it was beautiful. everybody had stories. >> on the ballfield they were good enough to be called "monarchs." ♪ take me out to the ball game ♪ >> reporter: on these fields, finally they're...
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a big question in that badly wounded nation, did he act alone? and there is a new death toll in this as well. nbc's martin fletcher has been covering the story from the start. he's with us tonight from oslo. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. norway's police today said fewer people have been killed than thought, not 93, but 76, with some still missing. that is small relief for a country that can hardly believe what just happened. anders breivik was brought to court this morning, the face of a mass killer. police described him as calm and unaffected. breivik admitted he carried out the killings but claimed he was not guilty. the judge ordered him held in custody for eight weeks, the first four in solitary confinement. an hour earlier, across norway, two minutes of silence for the victims. later, a mass in memory of the victims was canceled at the last minute, too many people came. >> i think we're trying to take the city back to show human energy after such a powerful and vicious act. >> reporter: but then, chilling news. poli
a big question in that badly wounded nation, did he act alone? and there is a new death toll in this as well. nbc's martin fletcher has been covering the story from the start. he's with us tonight from oslo. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. norway's police today said fewer people have been killed than thought, not 93, but 76, with some still missing. that is small relief for a country that can hardly believe what just happened. anders breivik was brought to court...
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but the big deal here is the u.s. economy on the brink, lester. there is already widespread fear throughout washington that america's debt rating could be downgraded if the deal is too small. and now we're at a point of talking about no deal at all. the president saying, i don't want a temporary solution. republicans saying, he may have to live with that based on the cuts they have already agreed to. >> treasury department says we have 11 days to get this done. what is the likelihood that the house leaders speaking directly with the senate could come up with something in that time frame? >> there are ways to do this but it comes down to the t word, taxes, tax increases. can there be a balanced plan as the president wants? they're both going to go against the line here to say you can't pass this, we have got to avoid default. but what is it going to take do that? again, i think you'll see republicans looking for a smaller term deal. the president saying, no, it has to be something that extends past the election or we're going to go through this spe
but the big deal here is the u.s. economy on the brink, lester. there is already widespread fear throughout washington that america's debt rating could be downgraded if the deal is too small. and now we're at a point of talking about no deal at all. the president saying, i don't want a temporary solution. republicans saying, he may have to live with that based on the cuts they have already agreed to. >> treasury department says we have 11 days to get this done. what is the likelihood that...
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his death leaves behind a power vacuum and is considered a big victory for the taliban, ann? >> thank you so much. >>> another milestone up in space today as two residents of the international space station stepped outside to retrieve a broken ammonia pump so it could be returned to earth for examination. it was the final space walk of the american shuttle era. meantime, the landing plan for the atlantis has changed and it's now scheduled to touch down before dawn on july 21st at the kennedy space center. >>> poignant moments in palm desert, california, where representatives of the current and previous first families attended a memorial service for betty ford, who died friday at the age of 93. our own brian williams is there and we'll hear from him in a bit. but nbc's lee cowan joins us, lee? >> reporter: hey, ann. this is the first of two tributes in two different states for betty ford and in keeping with her very take-charge attitude she was very specific about how she wanted to be remembered. to that end, both politics and her passion for people were front and center. >> r
his death leaves behind a power vacuum and is considered a big victory for the taliban, ann? >> thank you so much. >>> another milestone up in space today as two residents of the international space station stepped outside to retrieve a broken ammonia pump so it could be returned to earth for examination. it was the final space walk of the american shuttle era. meantime, the landing plan for the atlantis has changed and it's now scheduled to touch down before dawn on july 21st at...
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big cheers for the newlyweds, the duke and duchess of cambridge. for this wedding the pressure was off. the bride and groom are relative unknowns outside the u.k. zara phillips is the queen's line to the throne. her husband mike tindall is the captain of england's rugby team. the palace said it would be a private occasion. >> no place the queen and william and kate are attending can be wholly private. not with the world's press outside. >> reporter: there were no cameras in the church. not like in april when 2 billion people around the world got front row seats. this time only 400 guests were invited, and the public wasn't openly encouraged to line the streets. they may have chosen edinborough because of this road, the royal mile. it's so narrow it limits the crowd size. three months ago in london they had 2 million spectators for william and kathryn's wedding. here they're expecting about 1500. but there were some people you couldn't keep away. >> a lot of people say that royal family -- the monarchy is a thing of the past. >> no, no. don't you be
big cheers for the newlyweds, the duke and duchess of cambridge. for this wedding the pressure was off. the bride and groom are relative unknowns outside the u.k. zara phillips is the queen's line to the throne. her husband mike tindall is the captain of england's rugby team. the palace said it would be a private occasion. >> no place the queen and william and kate are attending can be wholly private. not with the world's press outside. >> reporter: there were no cameras in the...
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which includes some big brand names in this country. cnbc's david faber joins us in new york for some insight. david, this has now reached to one of murdoch's top deputies. what does this do to his damage control efforts. >> he's been trying to do damage control since the middle of last week in some ways when he finally started to distance himself from rebekah brooks who resigned, of course, a couple days later. the scandal does not appear to have crested yet. despite giving up the purchase of b sky b for what would have been a $12 billion deal for news corp., a huge important deal they wanted to complete in the uk and, of course, letting go of rebekah brooks and his long time lieutenant les hinton. >> on a personal level for murdoch and especially his son, are they in some sort of legal jeopardy? >> james murdoch has got to be the focus right now. because of course rebecca brooks and les hinton both having been gone, james murder okay runs news international. he has the number three position at the company, essentially, after chase car
which includes some big brand names in this country. cnbc's david faber joins us in new york for some insight. david, this has now reached to one of murdoch's top deputies. what does this do to his damage control efforts. >> he's been trying to do damage control since the middle of last week in some ways when he finally started to distance himself from rebekah brooks who resigned, of course, a couple days later. the scandal does not appear to have crested yet. despite giving up the...
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so it is a big test. >> some people who are friends of yours have said this isn't fair. your job is to run your party. but there is another party in there too. you have this tea party caucus that didn't come to washington with the same values. >> it is not the tea party caucus. most of the freshmen are frankly in pretty good shape. it would be more what i would describe as some hard-line conservatives who want more. i don't blame them. i want more too. but this was an agreement between the bipartisan senate leaders and myself. it is what's doable. and i think we can get there. >> mr. speaker, is it fair to say you have a bit of a rebellion on your hands? or do you feel -- >> i've got a little rebellion on my hands every day. it comes with the territory. >> you're not worried. >> never let them see you sweat. >> i'm disappointed. i care about john boehner. i think he's a good person. i'm disappointed he's painted himself into this corner. it makes our job over here much more difficult. i hope that the american people will learn pretty soon that we are able to work our way
so it is a big test. >> some people who are friends of yours have said this isn't fair. your job is to run your party. but there is another party in there too. you have this tea party caucus that didn't come to washington with the same values. >> it is not the tea party caucus. most of the freshmen are frankly in pretty good shape. it would be more what i would describe as some hard-line conservatives who want more. i don't blame them. i want more too. but this was an agreement...
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and it's getting bigger by the day, despite a trip by the big boss to london to do some damage control. nbc's stephanie gosk is covering for us tonight in london. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well the editors of the news of the world wrote in their final edition that we have won for today, a scandal that threatens the influence and power of one of the largest media companies. rupert murdock rushed to london hoping to mitigate the damage to his media empire, but it's looking more and more like there's little he can do. today new allegations reported in the british press and claims that one of the officers protecting the royals sold a list of the family's phone numbers to the news of the world. and a source close to prime minister gordon brown alleges that the sunday times, another murdock paper illegally pursued brown's private financial and medical information. anger at murdock and resentment over his media company's unchecked political clout is boiling over. >> there is an element about all this is that personal. gordon brown is bitter that news of the wo
and it's getting bigger by the day, despite a trip by the big boss to london to do some damage control. nbc's stephanie gosk is covering for us tonight in london. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well the editors of the news of the world wrote in their final edition that we have won for today, a scandal that threatens the influence and power of one of the largest media companies. rupert murdock rushed to london hoping to mitigate the damage to his media empire,...